Acrochordus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrochordoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Acrochordoidea

Familia: Acrochordidae
Genus: Acrochordus
Species (3 + †1): A. arafurae – †A. dehmi – A. granulatus – A. javanicus

Name

Acrochordus Hornstedt, 1787: 307

Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Chersydrus Cuvier, 1817: 75
- Type species: Acrochordus fasciatus Shaw, 1802, by monotypy.
Verrucator Merrem in Schlegel, 1837: 428 [nomen nudum]
- Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by monotypy.
Potamophis Schmidt, 1852: 75 [preoccupied by Potamophis Cantor, 1836]
- Type species: Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Hornstedt, C.F. 1787. Beskrifning på en Ny Orm från Java. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akadamiens Handlingar 8: 306–308. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Sanders, K.L., Mumpuni, Hamidy, A., Head, J.J. & Gower, D.J. 2010. Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(3): 857–867. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.031 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Acrochordus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 August 2020.

Vernacular names

čeština: Bradavičník
Deutsch: Warzenschlangen
English: File Snakes
eesti: Tüügasmadu
suomi: Käsnäkäärme
italiano: Acrocordo
Nederlands: Waterslangen
polski: Brodawkowiec
русский: Бородавчатые змеи
slovenčina: Bradavičník
ไทย: งูงวงช้าง, งูผ้าขี้ริ้ว
中文: 瘰鱗蛇科

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